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Investment Insights: Gridcare – Unlocking Grid Capacity for the AI Era

Investment Insights: GridCARE 1. The Big Picture By 2030, data centers could account for up to 60% of total U.S. electricity load growth — more than EVs, industrial electrification, and every other sector combined1. Pow… read more

FEV participates in GridCARE’s $64M Series A led by Sutter Hill Ventures and John Doerr

FEV participates in GridCARE’s $64 Million Series A with Leading Al and Energy Investors. The oversubscribed round led by Sutter Hill Ventures and John Doerr – original investors in NVIDIA, Google, and Amazo… read more

FEV leads €15M Series A in Reel to enhance renewable energy predictability

FEV leads €15M Series A funding in Copenhagen-based Reel to improve renewable energy predictability and profitability. Reel, a Copenhagen-based electricity supplier and trader, has successfully raised €15 million in a S… read more

FEV leads next investment round in Solarize joining Point Nine and Picus Capital

Solarize, a leading provider of tenant electricity (Mieterstrom) software and developer of a highly automated subledger for decentralized energy supply, adds Future Energy Ventures (FEV) as a new investor. FEV, Europe’s… read more

FEV Closes €235 Million Fund to Accelerate the Independent Energy Future

Berlin, November – Future Energy Ventures (FEV), a global active venture capital advisor for digital and asset-light energy technologies focused on accelerating the global energy transition,    has announced the closing… read more

FEV leads enspired’s Series B extension to accelerate global expansion

enspired extends Series B to over EUR 40 million Round led by Future Energy Ventures The company aims to rapidly accelerate global expansion of its AI-powered BESS optimization enspired, Europe’s leading optimizer for b… read more

FEV particiaptes in feld.energy’s €10m round to further accelerate agricultural photovoltaics

feld.energy, a category creating company in the agricultural photovoltaics sector, raised 10 million Euros in a seed round Round led by HV Capital with participation from Future Energy Ventures, AENU and Angel Invest Th… read more

Investment Insights: Chloris Geospatial

Investment Insights: Chloris Geospatial Unlocking Trust and Scale in Nature-Based Climate Solutions: Investment Insights into Chloris Geospatial   The Big Picture Forests cover one-third of the planet and play a vi… read more

FEV leads Chloris Geospatial’s Series A to Scale Satellite-Based Forest Carbon Monitoring

[Boston, Massachusetts] – July 2025 — Chloris Geospatial, a climate-tech company pioneering satellite-based measurement of forest carbon and ecosystem change, announced today it has raised $8.5 million in Series A fundi… read more

Investment Insights: Station A

Investment Insights: Station A Decarbonizing Commercial and Industrial Real Estate   1. The Big Picture What is usually referred to as the built environment, i.e. the human-made surroundings that provide the settin… read more

Investment Insights: Jua.ai

Jua: Rebuilding Weather from the Ground Up An all-in-one weather forecasting platform – and a replica of our entire planet   1. The Big Picture Weather forecasting might seem mundane—should I bring an umbrella?—but… read more

Station A raises $8m to become the market maker for clean energy procurement

Station A closed an oversubscribed $8M Series A to scale its marketplace and become the market-maker in clean energy procurement for commercial real estate. Station A, the leading clean energy marketplace connecting com… read more

FEV co-leads Series A with Ananda Impact Ventures into Jua, an earth simulation provider

Zurich-based Jua closes $11M Series A to champion AI-based earth simulation Zurich, Switzerland – Swiss startup Jua, creator of the world’s most advanced AI-based Earth simulation, has announced the close of its USD 11 … read more

Employee Spotlight: Başak Günver

At Future Energy Ventures, our team is the heart of everything we do to decarbonize society. We are thrilled to introduce Başak Günver, our newest addition to the team. Başak brings a wealth of diverse ideas and experie… read more

Launch of the “Think & Do Tank Initiative” by BVES, FEV & PT1

The venture capital investors PT1 and Future Energy Ventures are joining forces with the German Energy Storage Systems Association BVES for a ‘Think & Do Tank on Battery Energy Storage Systems’. The initiative kicke… read more

eSmart Systems raises EUR 30million in investment to accelerate growth

eSmart Systems, a global leader in AI-based solutions for inspection and maintenance of critical energy infrastructure, has successfully raised EUR 30 million in new capital. The funding round has been led by TiLT Capit… read more

Investment Insights: reev

Crossing the chasm Transportation contributes to over 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with a significant portion coming from passenger cars. Electric vehicles (EVs) offer a solution to reduce these emissions. EV… read more

FEV leads Series-A together with Blue Earth Capital into reev

eMobility software company reev successfully completes Series A financing round to accelerate the expansion of intelligent charging infrastructure reev, the leading software provider for semi-public charging solutions, … read more

Under the Radar: Climate Impact and Investment Opportunity in the Built Environment

By Anna Trendewicz and Net Zero Insights Accounting for approximately 37% of total global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), the built environment stands out as a major contributor, with projections indicating a potential … read more

Future Energy Ventures Takes a Leap Towards Sustainable Innovation with €110 Million Fund

Berlin, 30th January 2024 – We are delighted to share with you a momentous achievement in our journey towards a sustainable future here at Future Energy Ventures (FEV). Since 2016 we have been active in the energy-tech … read more

Commercial and Industrial (C&I) Energy Report and market map

By Future Energy Ventures, SET Ventures and Plug and Play In a collaborative report, Future Energy Ventures, SET Ventures and Plug and Play explore the innovative solutions startups offer to decarbonize the Commercial a… read more

Hololight Secures $12 Million to Fast-Track the Future of XR Streaming

Durham, North Carolina & Innsbruck, Austria, November 28th, 2023 – Hololight, the leading specialist in AR and VR solutions for the enterprise market, today announced it has secured a further $12 million in funding … read more

A Glimpse into the Future: Piclo Max Set to Transform Global Electricity Markets in 2024

Piclo Max will unlock global electricity market visibility and access, and maximise revenue stacking opportunities for flexibility sellers, from a single place. Piclo Max will be rolled out in 2024, initially in the UK,… read more

Becoming DEI-driven: 3 steps for creating organizational impact

By Fanny Rohr, People Innovation Business Partner Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is fundamental to creating a vibrant, safe, and respectful work environment. Lately, however, related „buzzwords“ have become incr… read more

Digital PV value chain for residential, C&I and utility

By Future Energy Ventures and Berlin Digital Group Together with our friends from BDG, we are bundling our sector knowledge around smart energy technologies and will publish a series of deep dives to show where incumben… read more

Residential Solar is Driving the Electrification Trend

A deep dive into the venture investment trends of the residential solar space. By Jan Palasinski and Net Zero Insights Over the years, residential solar energy has witnessed an astonishing surge in venture investments, … read more

Innovative small businesses need a bigger role at COPs

With COP28 taking place in the United Arab Emirates at the end of the year, FEV’s managing partner and co-founder, Jan Lozek, shines a light on the critical voices missing from the debate – namely the smaller, innovativ… read more

Navigating the Future of Public EV Charging with Hubject’s CEO Christian Hahn

By Maciej Lehmann, Investment Analyst at FEV, and Moritz Jungmann, Investment Partner at FEV The rise of electric vehicle adoption in recent years represents a profound shift in how societies perceive mobility and energ… read more

Future Engineering Club: The perfect storm for the energy transition

Now that the energy transition has moved from an area of niche interest to the mainstream, fossil fuel regulations are tightening and consumers are having to dig deeper into their pockets amid soaring prices. This casts… read more

Nuventura secures €25 million in Series A funding, to accelerate global energy transition away from greenhouse gases

Berlin-based Nuventura develops switchgear (GIS) technologies that support the energy industry’s transition away from SF6 – the world’s strongest greenhouse gas, with 25,200x more global warming power than carbon … read more

ev.energy secures $33M Series B to expand its reach in North America and Europe

ev.energy will expand its reach in North America and Europe, create a pathway to connect millions of vehicles, chargers and drivers to their Virtual Power Plant (VPP) and enable Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) services. The fundi… read more

The Crucial Technological Paradigm for Climate Catastrophes

By Boaz Kantor, Technology Advisor Future Energy Ventures Millions of people have already witnessed firsthand the increasing intensity of extreme weather events such as heatwaves, wildfires, storms, and floods due to cl… read more

Why entrepreneurs need to build ESG into their business model to secure early-stage funding

By Veronique Hördemann, CFO Future Energy Ventures ESG has been under the microscope in the past 12 months with pressure from some Republican politicians in the US who have called for investment managers to pull their c… read more

Amid the economic uncertainty, climate investing is bucking the downward trend

By Moritz Jungmann, Investment Partner Future Energy Ventures Soaring energy prices, rising interest rates, negative economic headwinds, and fluctuating stock prices have meant that the past year has been a period of re… read more

Awakening the Giant: decarbonizing the Heating Sector in Europe and Beyond

By Anna Trendewicz The heating sector is a giant market with huge climate impact potential Nearly half of  Europe’s energy demand (c.a. 11,000TWh)[1] is used for heating. Given that fossil fuels are still supplyin… read more

Virta Closes €85M Funding to Increase EV Impact and Market Growth in Europe and Asia-Pacific

Funding positions Virta to capitalise on hypergrowth EV charging market Virta targets platform capacity growth from the current ca. 2,000 MW to 12,000-15,000 MW by 2025 Investors include Jolt Capital, Future Energy Vent… read more

Why We Invested in Piclo

Having recently co-led an £8.3 million Series B investment round in the flexibility services marketplace provider, Piclo, we sat down with the deal team, Jan Palasinski and Anna Trendewicz, to learn more about our inves… read more

Piclo raises £8.3 million to accelerate decarbonisation of grid internationally

Series B led by Future Energy Ventures and Clean Growth Fund will support Piclo’s growing team and investment in further product development. Funding will see leading energy flexibility marketplace grow into new regions… read more

Flexibility: the key to accelerating energy transition

Written by Anna Trendewicz   Why is flexibility the key to unlock a renewable energy system? The energy system is in the midst of an epochal transformation, the like of which has not been seen before. But the energ… read more

COP27: The Overlooked Global South – driving innovation & impact where it’s needed most

By Boaz Kantor To face climate change, we need to put greater trust and investment in technology innovation. Academia, policymakers, society – they are all great partners, but they move at their own pace. With the suppo… read more

The Future of ESG & Climate Impact

Conversations from Future Energy Ventures’ latest Investor Event At our recent exclusive Investor Event, held on 14th September, we invited a select group of investors to Düsseldorf for conversations around the future o… read more

Future Energy Ventures promotes Moritz Jungmann and Ohad Mamann to Partners

Future Energy Ventures is pleased to announce the elevation of Moritz Jungmann and Ohad Mamann as Partners. Moritz has been with Future Energy Ventures since inception in 2019, having previously been part of innogy Inno… read more

Employee Spotlight: Anna Trendewicz

We value the strong sense of community we have around and within the company – and we are especially proud of the people that make Future Energy Ventures such an inspiring and impactful place to work. Our people are wha… read more

Meet SkenarioLabs, the platform predicting the future of sustainable real estate

SkenarioLabs helps predict the future of sustainable real estate by replacing intuition with profitable facts. The company helps property owners, portfolio managers, credit banks and insurance companies make more respon… read more

eSmart Systems raises EUR 40 million to accelerate virtual infrastructure inspections for power utilities

Norwegian company eSmart Systems was among one of the first in the world to develop an AI based solution, Grid Vision®, for the inspection and maintenance of critical energy infrastructure. With over 20 years of experie… read more

Meet Hubject, the EV intercharge network to bridge all borders

  Hubject seeks to transform the electric mobility market. As conveners of the largest eRoaming network for borderless eMobility, Hubject’s intercharge network gives electric vehicle (EV) drivers access to over 400… read more

Energy Crisis: an opening for disruptive technologies

      Even before Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions on Russia, Bank of America analysts were predicting that European businesses would see their electricity costs rise by a… read more

Meet Akselos, a pioneer in energy infrastructure innovation

Akselos is a mission-driven company focused on accelerating the energy transition through a once-in-a-generation upgrade to mechanical computer-aided engineering. The platform creates digital twins of energy infrastruct… read more

Buildots raises a $60 million Series C round

  In the construction industry, managers can become disconnected from what’s happening on-site — particularly when dealing with pandemic-related disruptions. Among the top hurdles are staying on top of costs, commu… read more

gridX: From investment to exit to E.ON

When we first met gridX in 2017, the company was only about a year old and had very few resources – even so, they had already achieved a remarkable level of technological development. We were deeply impressed by their d… read more

Waycare Technologies, Ltd acquired by Rekor Systems.

  August 2021 – Future Energy Ventures’ portfolio company Waycare was acquired by Rekor Systems, a global AI technology company with a mission to provide intelligent infrastructure and insights that build saf… read more

HoloBuilder announces acquisition by FARO

Future Energy Ventures’ portfolio company HoloBuilder has been acquired by FARO, a global leader of 3D measurement, imaging, and realization solutions for manufacturing, construction, and public safety analytics industr… read more